Nice Blog.

Yes, I agree. Rory runs a great Blog! Wish I could write like that. It makes me feel like I haven't written anything really personal in a while.

I think I was:

  • Too consumed by projects and other stuff
  • I was afraid that posting something personal would bring on the wrath of those whom I've said about that their off topic posts about the PDC make it hard to learn anything new (and I can understand that)
  • I was afraid you wouldn't like me anymore since you're here to read the technical stuff and who cares what I had for lunch or where I played Pool (and got an amazing victory!) or how my car jammed (again!)
  • Felt I had nothing good to say
  • Felt that the PDC is really the thing to be concerend about right now and that people wouldn't even notice my posts here anyway with all the  noiseinformation about LongHorn
  • Was too busy reading other blogs

So, maybe I'll try harder.  Actually, this post is a good start.

2 Comments

  • Personally I find the 'right amount' of personal stuff on a blog helps me weigh up the value of the technical information. I find that often you can find out more about how the blogger thinks from his non technical posts and that can help me make decisions about how much weight to put behind their technical opinions. If I were dealing with these people face to face I'd get other clues to help me; with blogs I think you need the personal stuff to let your personality show through a little. The complex bit is getting the mix right.



    I like Rory's style too, it's open and honest and doesn't appear to be trying to sell something; unlike some of the 'consultancy blogs' around ;)

  • Is there actually a way to have personaly stuff not postedc on the front page of weblogs.asp.net? I like personal info when reading a blog but when reading the aggregated content, too much personal content can get annoying (e.g., during the PDC when there were dozens of posts covering travel to the PDC...nice but a bit repetitive)...

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